In the twelve months to April 2002, The Northern Territory had the highest victimisation prevalence rates for break-in and attempted break-in (19.5% of households were victims of break-in/attempted break-in), followed by Western Australia (9.6% of households), Queensland (8.0%) and New South Wales (7.9%). Victoria had the lowest prevalence rates for these crimes (5.3% of households).
Rates for motor vehicle theft were highest in the Northern Territory (2.5% of households) and the Australian Capital Territory (2.3%), and lowest in Western Australia (1.0%).
Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory generally had high prevalence rates for personal crimes. Approximately 7.8% of persons aged 15 years and over experienced at least one assault in the 12 months prior to April 2002 in the Northern Territory, as did 5.8% of people in the Australian Capital Territory. Queensland had the lowest prevalence rate for assault with 4.4% of persons indicating they had been victims of at least one assault.
VICTIMISATION PREVALENCE RATES - 12 Months to April 2002 |
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| Break-in | 5.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 5.2 | *13.5 | *4.4 | 4.7 |
| Attempted break-in | 3.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | *3.3 | *9.5 | *3.8 | 3.4 |
| Break-in/attempted break in(a) | 7.9 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 19.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | *1.6 | **2.5 | *2.3 | 1.8 |
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| Robbery(b) | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | *0.5 | 0.6 | **0.3 | **0.1 | **0.2 | 0.6 |
| Assault(b) | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| Sexual assault(c) | 0.3 | *0.2 | *0.3 | **0.1 | *0.2 | **0.3 | **0.2 | **0.2 | 0.2 |
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* estimate has a relative standard error of between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
(a) Break-in/attempted break-in includes households that were victims of either a break-in or an attempted break-in, or both.
(b) Persons aged 15 years and over.
(c) Persons aged 18 years and over.
Source: Crime and Safety, Australia (cat. no. 4509.0). |
These statistics relate to a Tasmania Together benchmark.
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